David Spiegel is an American

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry. Psychiatrists are physicians who evaluate patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental ailments or strictly ...

and the Wilson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry at

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, where he is known for his research into psycho-oncology; the

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of therapeutic

hypnosis Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.In 2015, the American Psychological ...

, and the role of the mind-brain-body connection in cancer outcomes and management among other topics. He directs the Stanford Center on Stress and Health and is a recognized authority on hypnosis's clinical utility and neuroscience.

Education

Spiegel received his

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in philosophy from

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

in 1967 and his

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from

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...

in 1971. Following his undergraduate medical training, Spiegel completed his psychiatry

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at Massachusetts Mental Health Center and Cambridge Health Alliance in 1974 in addition to a

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community psychiatry Community mental health services (CMHS), also known as community mental health teams (CMHT) in the United Kingdom, support or treat people with mental disorders (mental illness or mental health difficulties) in a domiciliary setting, instead of ...

the same year. Spiegel has been board-certified in psychiatry by the

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since 1976.

Research

Spiegel is author of more than 480 journal articles, 170 book chapters. He has published thirteen books.

References

External links

Stanford profile page
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